If you want
to read Education Week’s selection of
the top eleven “policy debates” and “challenging issues” of the last decade, you
can link to it here:
2010 to Now: A
Turbulent Decade for Schools
By Evie Blad and Andrew Ujifusa
December 18, 2019
The new year brings to close a decade of
stormy education policy debates, challenging issues for the nation’s schools,
and the maturing of a new federal education law—the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Between 2010
and 2020, enrollment at U.S. public schools grew more diverse. The public
narrative on the teaching profession swung between calls to fire ineffective
educators and sympathy for those who must work two jobs to keep up with their
bills. And U.S. education secretaries caused controversy like never before.
(continue to article)
Here is
their list. Go to the article for a
description of each.
- The Every Student Succeeds Act
- Betsy DeVos
- Obama Makes His Mark
- Common Core and Testing
- Tumultuous Times for Unions
- School Shootings and Safety Debates
- Student Enrollment: Two Tipping Points
- Pendulum Swing for Civil Rights Enforcement
- Battles Over School Choice
- Teacher Activism
- Bonus: ‘Whole Child’ and SEL
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